Don't Fight The Fed's Commodity "Put" By Ryan Fitzmaurice of Rabobank Don't fight the Fed Inflation remains a key concern for investors as was clear from...
The other precious metals were also in the green and moving higher to start the month. Meanwhile, copper hit an all-time high. The post Metals Weekly...
Futures Rise Ahead Of Blockbuster Payrolls As Commodities Soar S&P futures rose overnight alongside European and Asian market in another quiet session, as commodities smashed higher...
In March, the United States created 916,000 jobs compared to the 647,000 expected. Could this positive data lead to a strengthening of the dollar?
Global equities gained 4.2% in April (MSCI AC World index in US dollar terms), with a variety of factors underpinning the rise: accelerating COVID-19 vaccination rollouts;...
Oil set for weekly gains Oil is extending gains and is on track for a weekly rise of more than 2% on the back of a...
Overview: Ahead of a report that is expected to show that employment jumped by around a million in the US last month, the dollar remains lower on...
Friday is finally here, and with it the week’s data highlight, the US Non-Farm Payrolls. It has been a choppy week of trading across most asset...
Oil bucks the trend and retreats One notable laggard in the commodity rally was oil overnight, with both Brent crude and WTI testing range highs again...
Gundlach Warns America's "Unfunded Liabilities" Are $163 Trillion, More Than 5x National Debt DoubleLine's Jeffrey Gundlach called the Fed's bluff late last month, telling investors during...
Gold hit a record high in 2020, which has been a boon for gold companies even as 2021 begins. Here are the top-performing gold stocks on...
Oil pauses for breath Oil is edging lower after hitting its highest level since mid-March on Wednesday amid a sharp drawdown in US crude stockpiles and...
The S&P 500 energy index closed 3.3% higher, the pan-European STOXX 600 index advanced… The post Global stock indexes mostly rise, dollar retreats first appeared on...
US ISM Services and ADP Employment data came in slightly softer than expected overnight, taking the froth of equity markets which seem to be struggling for...
Overview: Disappointing German, French, and Italian PMI reports helped send the euro to almost $1.1985, its lowest level in about two and a half weeks, and...
Yellen comments on interest rates send Nasdaq tumbling Treasury Secretary (and former Federal Reserve Chairperson) Janet Yellen perhaps wished she had used less extreme words last...
Oil markets gush higher If equity markets were showing Yellen-induced rate nerves, oil markets were not. Both Brent crude and WTI rallied impressively for the second...
Overview: After seeing its pre-weekend gains pared yesterday, partly due to some disappointing data, the US bounced back today. It is posting broad gains, and the...
US Manufacturing PMI underperforms Although the world loves it when a plan comes together, an opposite reaction occurs when it doesn’t. Such was the case overnight...
The US dollar sharply reversed much of Friday’s month-end gains as ISM Manufacturing data disappointed. I suspect that much of the greenback’s rally on Friday was...
Here Are The Best Performing Assets In April And YTD April was another solid month for financial markets, with 31 of the 38 non-currency assets in...
After generally trending higher in the first quarter, the dollar slumped in April. An important leg of support was cut, as interest rates fell. The 10-year...
Overview: The capital markets are off to a cautious start of a week that features the central bank meetings in the UK, Australia, Norway, Poland, Czech,...
The Australian dollar is steady in the Monday session. In European trade, AUD/USD is trading at 0.7722, up 0.14%. The US dollar showed some broad strength...
The first trading day of the new month has seen the release of pan-Asia Pacific Manufacturing PMI’s. The results have been positive and should go some...
The US dollar traded heavily most of last week but rebounded ahead of the weekend, with some month-end flows impacting. The Japanese yen was a notable...
Everyone on Wall Street is trying to figure out if the peak in Treasury yields will stick for a while now that the US is approaching...
After a strong hand over from Wall Street, European stocks are pushing higher on Friday. Bourses are extending gains boosted by broadly upbeat corporate earnings and...
European stocks edged broadly higher on Thursday, boosted by positive corporate earnings and the Fed’s dovish stance. The broad mood in the market is upbeat after...
Oil extends gains on a strong demand outlook Oil prices are charging higher for a third consecutive session on fuel demand optimism. The oil market is...